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Saturday, February 17, 2007

(AXcess News) Hollywood - Britney Spears has certainly been going through a lot of changes and now it's her sanity that's being questioned after the pooped pop-star singer popped in and out of a Caribbean rehabilitation facility and then promptly shaves her head claiming she's "tired of other people always touching her." Well, at least she didn't say imaginary spiders were crawling all over her, so there's hope for Britney's sanity being intact.

Britney went bald on her own accord, says a hairdresser from the beauty salon in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles where Britney "just went crazy and took the shaver and began shaving off her own hair, screaming hysterically about how she was tired of everyone touching her!", the hairdresser said on national TV this morning.

"Mommy, why do you look like Kojak?" That may very well may be the question little Sean Preston is asking this morning. Last night, Spears inexplicably shaved her head in front of the X17online crew .

According to the X17 sleuths:

7 pm: Britney went to a hair salon on Ventura Blvd in the San Fernando Valley. Apparently she had called someone from the salon, which was closed, to come back and open the doors just for her. Our photographers say she was crying in the car for ten minutes before she went inside -- you can even see wet tear stains on her sweatshirt. She then went inside and did the deed herself -- picking up the shears and shaving her head.

The 19-page will did not say how much Smith was worth, so it is still a mystery how much money those battling over her remains and her baby daughter could get. And while her body underwent embalming Saturday, the will also didn't mention where Smith wanted to be buried.

It named Smith's lawyer and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, as her executor, stipulating that he hold her estate in trust for son Daniel Smith. But her son died last September at age 20 of apparently drug-related causes, days after the birth of the Smith's daughter, Dannielynn.

Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin ruled on Friday the embalming could proceed, and although the move takes the former Playboy Playmate's body one step closer to burial, the fight over where she will be buried has only begun.

Smith's attorney and longtime partner, Howard K. Stern, says Smith wanted to be buried next to her son Daniel, who died in the Bahamas last year. But the reality TV star's estranged mother, Vergie Arthur, wants her buried in her native Texas. (Watch how the will gives Howard Stern legal clout )

James Brown has yet to be buried. Over a month after his death, legal wrangling over Brown’s estate has prevented the signing icon from receiving a proper burial. And despite considerable precedence in cases like this, (Elvis Presley wasn’t buried for 90 days because of legal issues. Ted Williams’ family feuded for months over whether to freeze or cremate Williams’ body.) The man deserves to be buried immediately.

James Brown's former assistant has won the opportunity to sue for a slice of the late soul star's fortune after claiming he raped her at gunpoint in 1988. Jacque Hollander's shocking claims were thrown out of court in Chicago, Illinois, last year after a judge ruled she had waited too long to make the charges, but now the US Supreme Court will hear the case after her lawyers appealed the decision.

"The whole point of having a good estate plan is that you don't have to go through what her family is going to go through now," explains Daniel Krug, a certified senior adviser who runs an estate-planning firm in Clarkston.

The heaviest snowfalls have ended, but upstate New Yorkers were advised to beware of below freezing temperatures and blowing snow Thursday.

While an upstate blizzard warning was canceled, blustery piles of snow left behind by a storm system that swept across much of the Northeast this week were expected to make driving conditions less than favorable. Forecasts warned of windchills dipping as low as 10 to 20 below zero.

The National Weather Service has issued wind chill and blowing snow advisories for parts of upstate New York, where Wednesday's storm dumped varying amounts of snow, from 16 inches north of Buffalo to 42 inches in Stratford in the southern Adirondacks.

Forecasters say Thursday's major issue will be the below zero wind chill in many upstate areas.

Scores of schools are closed again in the Capital Region.

In Oswego County, there's more lake-effect snow in the forecast. The city of Fulton got hit with more than two feet of new snow Wednesday.

All the shoveling and snowblowing I've been doing and I feel like I'm getting nowhere...

Before you return from your overseas trip I just want to let you know about the small accident I had with the pick up truck when I turned into the driveway. Fortunately not too bad and I really didn't get hurt, so please don't worry too much about me.

I was coming home from Wal-Mart, and when I turned into the driveway I accidentally pushed down on the accelerator instead of the brake. The garage door is slightly bent but the pick up fortunately came to a halt when it bumped into your car.

I am really sorry, but I know with your kind-hearted personality you will forgive me. You know how much I love you and care for you my sweetheart.

I am enclosing a picture for you. I cannot wait to hold you in my arms again.

Jeff Foxworthy on Upstate New York,"

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 36 inches of ice and sitting thereall day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Upstate New York.

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights a year because Saranac Lake is thecoldest spot in the nation, and Syracuse gets more snow than any other major city in the US, you might live in Upstate, NY.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from October through May, you might live in Upstate New YorkIf you instinctively walk like a penguin for six months out of the year, you might live, bundled up, in Upstate New York.

If someone in a Home Depot store offers you assistance, and they don't work there,you might live in Upstate NY.

If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in UpstateNew York.

If you have worn shorts and a parka on the same day, you might live in Upstate New York.

If you have had a lengthy phone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live inUpstate New York.

...Each of the 100 wallets contained $2.10 in real money, a fake $50.00 gift certificate, some miscellaneous items and a clearly written ID card identifying the lost wallet's rightful owner. We were curious as to how honest people would be and wanted to see how different groups would compare to each other. For example, who would return the wallets more often... men or women? Young or old?

Date: September 6th 2006Location: Parking lot of retail store.Result: Returned (Wallet #1 was given to the retail store's customer service department. However, the store did not call me - I had to go in a few days later and ask. My wallet was returned to me with all items still intact.) Notes: I once worked at this store. I dropped wallets on this parking lot twice - both were returned.,

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Three months ago, a 27-year old from Gilbert, Arizona put up this clip asking as many random strangers to call him on his cell phone as possible. So far 11,914 people have taken Luke Johnson up on his offer, some from as far away as Japan, Thailand, and South Africa.

The sun had just set Monday when a tall young man in a white shirt and a trenchcoat strode through Trolley Square, aiming a shotgun from the shoulder and firing round after round in the busy Salt Lake City mall. When the gunfire finally subsided, six people had been killed and at least four others were hospitalized. "We have one gunman, and he is dead," said Salt Lake City Police spokeswoman Robin Snyder just after 10 p.m. The 239,000-square-foot mall, built from the city's old trolley barns, was busy with shoppers and diners when the man, still not identified late Monday, opened fire around 6:40 p.m.

Police were reporting "multiple" deaths after a man opened fire Monday night at a downtown Salt Lake City mall. Another five people were wounded in the 7 p.m. attack at Trolley Square before police killed the gunman. Ron Mason and DeEta Barta, of Salt Lake City, said they were eating at the Desert Edge Brew Pub when they saw a man coming in from the west parking lot. The man, wearing a dark trench coat, was carrying a long rifle or shotgun. They yelled, "There's a man with a gun!" A few seconds later they heard about 12 rounds. Mason and Barta, who are registered nurses, went to assist the victim, a younger man who had suffered a superficial gunshot wound to the right temple and ear. Though the boy was clearly in shock, the couple said, he told them that he saw his father go down. A woman on the lower level of the mall, near the Black Chandelier store, said she saw a shot and looked up upstairs and saw the gunman. He had a long dark coat, dark brown hair and was carrying a rifle or shotgun, she said.

Why PAX? The Gun Violence Issue Demands New Solutions.For too long, gun violence in America has been perceived as a political debate rather than what it really is - an urgent public health crisis that is claiming the lives of 8 children and teens every day.

PAX has created two groundbreaking national campaigns, ASK and SPEAK UP, that make the gun violence issue a matter of public health and safety - not politics - and create the foundation for changes in social attitudes, behaviors and public policy that have previously been considered impossible. The fact is, the most successful social awareness movements of our time (such as AIDS, tobacco and drunk driving) all gained critical momentum when they became strongly focused on the public health and safety of the community as a whole, and particularly, our innocent and vulnerable children. PAX is bringing this same insight to the gun violence issue.

Barack Obama is off and running for president. The items covered first by the inexperienced senator from Illinois, attack one of America's great allies and their soldiers and attack the sacrifice of the soldiers from America that are laying their lives on the line in Iraq. First up, Australia. The sophomore senator sounded off like a sophomoric political hack.His target was Australia's Prime Minister John Howard. "Howard had said that Senator Obama's call for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by March 2008 would deliver a victory for terrorists and destabilize the entire Middle East." Howard said: "If I was running al-Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and pray, as many times as possible, for a victory not only for Obama, but also for the Democrats."

I don't know about you, but I've been finding it rather unusual how the media as a whole has been covering the tale of how two Democratic senators, Barack Obama (of Illinois) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (of New York), have each made the decision to run for this country's most prestigious title, the Presidency, for the 2008 election. It seems like every time Obama comes out and makes a public statement about running, obsessive attention is immediately turned towards Clinton to see how she is going to respond. Up to now, there has been no negative response on the part of Clinton. In fact, it doesn't seem as if there has been any public commentary about Obama from her at all. Yet and still, so-called political experts who have more than likely never socially interacted with either candidate are called upon to comment about how they are so sure that conflict between the two camps is brewing. In the process, very little attention is placed on other potential Democratic candidates, including former candidate Sen. John Kerry. Why is this?

Recent remarks by Hilary Clinton suggest an energy policy that would score political points, but harm the economy.In response to reports that oil companies had posted a profit of over $39 billion, Democratic Presidential candidate and Senator Hillary Clinton said that she would want to take those profits and have them invested in the creation of alternative energy sources that will help make America “energy independent.”

The often outspoken Democratic strategist James Carville discussed Republican ideals, Democratic positions, progressive patriotism, and the 2008 presidential race last night to a packed Jack Morton Auditorium. The event was hosted by the GW College Democrats.

Carville, 62, is best known for campaign tactics that have led many Democrats to win elections in the past; the most famous being Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. He was also one of the hosts of CNN’s Crossfire, which taped in Jack Morton at GW's School of Media and Public Affairs for three years prior to its cancellation in 2005.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

A dad walks into a market followed by his ten-year-old son. The kid is spinning a 25 cent piece in the air and catching it between his teeth. As they walk through the market someone bumps into the boy at just the wrong moment and the coin goes straight into his mouth and lodges in his throat. He immediately starts choking and going blue in the face and Dad starts panicking, shouting and screaming for help.

A middle-aged, fairly unnoticeable man in a gray suit is sitting at a coffee bar in the market reading his newspaper and sipping a cup of coffee. At the sound of the of the commotion, he looks up, puts his coffee cup down on the saucer, neatly folds his newspaper and places it on the counter. He gets up from his seat and makes his unhurried way across the market.

Reaching the boy, the man carefully takes hold of the kid's testicles and squeezes gently but firmly. After a few seconds the boy convulses violently and coughs up the 25 cent piece, which the man catches in his free hand. Releasing the boy, the man hands the coin to the father and walks back to his seat in the coffee bar without saying a word.

As soon as he is sure that his son has suffered no lasting ill-effects, the father rushes over to the man and starts effusively thanking him saying: "I've never seen anybody do anything like that before." It was fantastic! "Are you a doctor?"

"Oh, good heavens, no," the man replies, "I work for the Internal Revenue Service."

Do you believe that no harm can come to you and your loved ones from the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS)? Any such belief will change after reading the following IRS Abuse Reports. Those reports are from law-abiding, hard-working taxpayers like you -- honest taxpayers who suddenly found themselves being methodically, cruelly, criminally destroyed by an out-of-control bureaucracy. Indeed, the IRS is a juggernaut, not for tax collection, but for power expansion through fear and destruction.

"For more than a decade, Ernest Kugler, Jr. was locked in a struggle with the IRS over taxes the agency said he owed from his heating and cooling business. Kugler of Export, Pa., near Pittsburgh, offered partial payment of the $60,000 the agency demanded, but the IRS would not budge. He filed for bankruptcy four times, to consolidate his debts to the IRS and others, but his tax liability kept growing. Despite his efforts to pay, Kugler continued to receive dunning letters and calls from agents demanding the rest of his bill, which with penalties and interest had swelled to $155,000 by this spring. On May 15, he dropped his wife, Darlene, at the federal building in Pittsburgh for a meeting with the bankruptcy trustee and the agent handling his case. Kugler told her that he could not face another futile session with the tax collectors. They found his body four days later in the cab of his pickup truck in a wooded gully not far from his house, dead of carbon monoxide poisoning at age 53. The short, unhappy story of Ernest Kugler is one of hundreds told to investigators for the Senate Finance Committee. Committee staffers say that while the bleak conclusion of Kugler's tale is obviously more extreme than most, it is emblematic of the way the IRS operates - inflexible, insensitive, intrusive and, ultimately, ineffective."

Prince Frederick von Anhalt tells the Associated Press, "If you go back from September, she wasn't with one of those guys, she was with me." He says he will file a lawsuit if custody of Dannielynn is turned over to Stern or Birkhead.